Water and feed device



Oct. 3; 1939'.

cs. H. HUTAFF; JR 2,174,725

WATER AND FEED DEVICE Filed Nov. 4, 1917 620205 flamr frq Q I We gsPatented Oct. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE 1 Claim.

provements in a water and feed device and while primarily intended forattachment to a bird cage or the like for supplying water or feed to abird or birds confined within the cage may ,equally well be used forother purposes. V I

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of adevice of the character described which may be easily connected to abird l0 cage or similar object and embodying a. readily removablereservoir to receive the water or 'feed and to be positioned todischarge the water or feed into a trough or. pan and to maintain thesame at a constant level.

Another object of the invention consists in in proper position to beconsumed by the bird or animals to be fed.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of adevice of the character described in which a pan or trough is provided,a

. wall or partition extending upwardly from said pan or trough andprovided on one face with means for engaging and'supportin g thereservoir, which contains the water or feed, while on its other face itis' provided wan members adapted to engage the cage or other object towhich the device is to be attached.

With the above and other object in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my in-. vention consists in the novel details ofconstruction, and arrangement of parts, described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the ac companying drawing, and while Ihave illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of theinvention, as they now appear to me, it will be understood that suchchanges may he made as will fall within the scope oi the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Fig. i is an elevation of that face of the device which extendsoutwardly from the cage or other 5 support, .the reservoir shown beingprimarily intended for holding water.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite race of the device having a panor trough portion which extends into the cage or other support.

50 Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-8 oi Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a top plan.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 looking in thedirection 01 the arrows;

My invention relates to new and useful im- Fig! 6 is a fragmentarysectional view, with parts shown in elevation, of a slightly modifiedform of the device primarily intended for holding feed asdistinguishedfrom water.

In Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawing 1 have 5 shown my device asprimarily intended 'for holding water as distinguished from granularfeed and in this form of the device the trough or pan indicatedgenerally at a is provided with the rela-, tively wide portion l and thesmaller portion 2, 10 the smaller portion 2 having the overlying topportions 3 cooperating with the upwardly directed flange of the smallerportion 2 to provide a circular opening to receive the lower end of thereservoir 4, of the shapeshown quite clearly in Figs. 18

I l and 3 of the drawing, and in the instance shown being of glassalthough it will be-understood that the same may equally well be made ofother material. The lower end of the reservoir is open as shown at 5,while the top ,portion is closed. The 20 downward movement of thereservoir is limited by the inwardly directed horizontal pin 6 whichwill engage the bottom edge of the reservoir as shown more particularlyin Fig. 3 of the drawing.

' Extending upwardly from the pan or trough a, 25 at a point where theportion i communicates with the portion 2, is a plate or partition Iwhich has the curved rms 8 extending from that face positioned adjac ntthe reservoir 6,- these arms being curved to partly encircle thereservoir as 30 shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawing;These arms extend partially around the reservoir intermediate the endsthereof and will hold the same against movement relative thereto.

Extending from the opposite -face of the plate or partition 7, adjacentthe upper end thereof, are the relatively short arms 9 which are adaptedto be engaged with wires or bars of the cage 'or other support, thesearms 9, as shown more 40 particularly in Fig. 4 of the drawing, lbeingcurved to receive the wires or bars against their outer faces.

It is thought that the manner of use will be clearly understood. When itis desired to place 4! water in the reservoir 4 the same is removed bydrawing upwardly to disengage the lower end thereof from the opening inthe portion 2 of the trough or pan and also to withdraw from enga ement,with the arms 8. The position of the resd0 ervoir will be reversed toreceive the water and then while still held in the reversed position thereservoir will be engaged with the arms 8 and then slid relative to theplate I so that the open end will again be received in the opening ofthe Q 2 V portion 2. Then the position of the whole device may bereversed and water will feed' from the 9 will be engaged with the wiresor bars of the Y cage. When so positioned it will be understood that thereservoir is positioned outside of the cage or other support.

In Fig.- 6 of the drawing I have illustrated a slightly modified form ofthe invention more particularly adapted for feed of granular form asdistinguished from water and as it will be appreciated that suchgranular feed will not flow as readily as water I have provided meanswherebythe granular feed not only will be fed' downwardly but forwardlyinto the portion l of the pan or trough. The pan or trough in thismodified form of the invention is 'of the same construction as disclosedin Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawing but a slight change has beenmade in the vertically extending plate or partition as well as thereservoir. In this modified form, as disclosed in Fig. 6, the verticallyextending plate or partition is shown at it and the reservoir for thegranular feed is shown at II. The reservoir II is supported in the samemanner as described for the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive and isconnected to the plate ID by means of arms corresponding to the arms I.At the same time 'the plate I 0 will be provided with arms correspondingto the arms 9 whereby the device may be connected to the bird cage orother support.

The reservoir II is provided at its lower end, facing the portion I ofthe pan or trough, with the semi-circular cut-out portion I2 and theplate or partition I0 is provided with a similar cutout portion shown atIt, the edge of which extends on an are somewhat above the arc of thecut-out portion I2. ciated that the granular feed, contained in thereservoir II, will be fed downwardly into the pan or trough and byproviding the cut-out portions It will. readily be appre-- l2 and a.certain amount of the feed will be fed dorwardly into the portion l ofthe trough or pan in'position to be consumed by the bird or animal. withthe exception of the cut-out portions I2 and It the form of theinvention shown in Fig. 6 is similar in all respects to the form of theinvention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive. While, as stated, the form ofthe invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive is primarily intended forsupplying water it will be understood that feed of granular form couldbe used in this form and the same would be fed below the edge of thereservoir and the edge of the vertically extending plate or partition inposition to be reached by the consumer, but it is believed that the formof the invention shown in Fig. 6 willbe more readily adapted forgranular. feed in that the same will be fed further into the portion Iof the pan or trough.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

. ,A water and feed device adapted to be removably connected to a birdcage or similarly constructed support having vertically extending barsincluding a pan having communicating portions,

a plate forming a part of the pan and extending upwardly therefrom atthejuncture of the communicating portions and adapted to be positionedexteriorly of and parallel with the vertical bars of the cage, areservoir positioned to extend parallel with and in contact with theouter face of the plate with its lower end extending into one portion ofthe pan, means for positioning the lower end of the reservoir in spacedrelation .with the bottom of the pan, arms extend- .ing from the outerface of the plate and adapted tion of the pan projecting from the innerface of the plate extending into the bird cage or similar support.

GEORGE H. H UTAFE JR.-

